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Mw'SL'J f . larence Courier. VOLUHE XXX. CLARENCE, SHELBY COUNTY, MISSOURI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29. 1910 NLT1BER 12 j si I -" .'1 ' " M i- mmmm ONE FREE; peaal Ladies and Gentlemen You are Cordially Invited to Call at Felker's Hardware Store And sec the fine work done on our New Improved Eldredge Sewing Machine. This machine will be operated by an expert from the factory from 9 o'clock to 12m. and from 2 to 5 p. m, : Saturday, August 6, 1910 Don't Forget The Date He can and will do Twenty-two Kinds of Work with one Chapin Hemmer alone, and all kinds of work with all the different attachments, too numerous to mention. Don't miss it as you will learn how to take care of your own machine, how to put it in order, how to get a proper tension; and you will learn the cause of little mishaps that happen on most any machine and it will not cost you one cent. Now it doesn't matter whether you want a sewing machine or not, this is a golden opportunity for you to learn many things that you would perhaps have never known about a Sewing Machine. You will learn how to put together work of different styles without basting, which will save you Time, Worry and Money and how to finish your vork much better. SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1910 In order to introduce these machines we will give a-way Absolutely Free one machine in this manner: Beginning on Wednesday, June 22, 1910, we will give a free ticket on this machine with every cash purchase of $1.00 or money paid on account. If $5.00 it means 5 tickets and so on : : : : : : : Bring your tickets and be at our store Wednesday, August 6, 1910, at 4 p. m. as the machine will be given away on that day and you must have your tickets Don't Fail To Be On Eand That Day With Your Tickets And Present The Lucky Number A. FEL THE HARDWARE MAN Clarence, - Missouri Don't Forget the Buggy Demonstration Saturday. J FOR INSURANCE JENNIE C. FARRELL Office Phone 66 Res. Phone 154 CLARENCE, MISSOURI. The grading force for the Han nibal Northern Railroad unloaded their machinery at Palmyra first of the week. Win. Hooper has a position in the harness business at Milan, Mo. He is a good harness maker and has a good position. Miss Zula Clay took her Sunday School clsss on an outing last Thursday. They took their lunch and spent the day. Dr. and Mrs. Barry left Mon day for Masonville, Illinois, in re sponse to a telegram stating the death of Dr. Barry's father. A' girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Seeley at their home iD California last Sunday. The father is a brother to Mrs. Wm. Jacobs of our city. Henry Rigsbyof Woodlawn has filed suit for $5000 against Geo. Woods of the same township. The suit is the result of a fight which the two men engaged in on April 15, 1909. According to Rigsby's petition Woods struck him with a pitchfork, breaking both bones in his left arm and be asks for $2500 actual and $2500 exemplarydamages. Epworth League Convention. Mrs. X. M. Read and daughter, Miss Ellen, and Miss Etta Carroll, Mrs. H. J. Simmons, Perry Tay lor and Miss Mazo Cross attended the Epworth League Convention at StwVbina last Thursday. Mrs. Simmons and Miss Oarroll were on the program. There were about sixty delegates present, and the session was also a success in that the program was well pre sented, and nearly every member on the program was Dresent. The good people of Shelbina gave those attending a delightful auto ride Thursday evening. lhe othcers elected for next year were as follow: President, Rev. J. N. Boyd, Shelbina; 1st V. P, Miss Lillian Miller, Macon; 2nd V. P., Miss Nina Switzer, j Bucklin; 3rd V. P., Miss Clara Blackwell; 4 V. P., Miss Lottie Y isrtom; secretary, Miss Bee 'Al len; Treasurer, Perry Taylor, Clarence; Junior Superintendent, Miss Frances McMurry, Shelbina. (f DELAY IS Compliments Howard Combs. President Webb, who is at the head of Central College, Fayette, I Mo., spent last Thursday in Shel bina attending the League Confer ence Lentral Oo:lege is recognized as one of the leading insti tutions of learning of the state, and under the management or President Webb is making ad vancement such as it never enjoy ed before Dr. Webb in his address at the conference in speaking of t h e school and the patrons from this section paid a high compliment to Howard. Combs of our city by say ing: . Mr. Uombs or Ularence, was a member of our graduating class this year. He is one of the finest young men that has gone out from the school in years. He was a very diligent and thorough student; he always went to the bottom of things. DANGEROUS. It is indeed dangerous todelayhav-nj your eyes looked after. Ve.y frequently people suffer from headaches caused by eyes that need glasses and do not know what the eal trouble is. Examination FREE It will not cost you to all those who are thus affected one cent to find out the truth from us about your eyes. To those who know they need glasses and are neglecting this important matter, we wish to say, that it is just as danoekous to permit inexperienced people to fit them for you. i QcHTWi rr? Ice Cream Supper. There will be an ice cream sup per at trie Christian Lhurch in Maud next Saturday evening. The supper will be given by the ladies of the Christian Church. AH are invited to attend. As to the Speakership. Some of o u r gcod political friends and some or the newspa pers ov the state have very kindly started a bocm for us for Speaker They have done this without con sulting our feelings in the matter, and voluntary upon their part. We cannot, of course, but be thankful toward them for this evi dence of confidence they exhibit in our ability to preside over the House, and their confidence in our ability to win the honor. Yv e, however, at tins time are not a candidate for the Speake shin. What will develop later we do not know. the first thing to be settled is w ho is to represent Shelby County in the legislature me next two years. Should the Democracy de cide upon us, or should we be de feated, after the primary until the November election, we will be found larburing for the success ol the ticket, and not for any indi vidual preferment It ij'hoo es Democrats to cast aside every per sonal ambition and strive with all the power that can be summoned to redeem the state from Republi can extravagant rule, and help to elect a Democratis legislature so as to prevent the return of William Warner to the United States Senate. Should we be successful in the primary, or should we be defeated, we will take pleasure in first lending our feeble efforts to the success of the ticket. After the November election, if we should be honored with the nomination and election from good, old Shelby county, we will then Ice Cream Supper. The members of the M. W. A. Lodge at Lentner will give an ice cream supper at Lentner next Sat urday evening. All are cordially invited. To Celebrate the Fourth. There will be two celebrations in Shelby county this year. The good people of Leonard and Hun-newell are to celebrate. Each place is preparing for a good time with plenty of entertainment. Center Street Hethodist Church Reverend E. C. Morgan o f layette will preach on Sunday morning in trie atternoon he will nreach at Wesley Chapel Arrangements are being made to hold revival .services about the first week in October. H Horwood Johnson. Vesper Service. ! Union vesper service will be held on the public school ground Sunday evening at- o'clock. Rev V. M. liare will preach the ser mon. These services will be held eac Sunday evening during July hih! August. The members of all the church es and the jublic are ur.red to be present at these services. J. A. estennan, Sec of Ministers' Alliance. decide as to our personal interests crop ; ..u . c i. u: a-: in wo openiwrsuip nuan . We however cannot but feel kindly to our friends and the newspapers, who have so enthusiasti cally endorsed us for the position. We ask them, however, for the present to lay aside all thought of the Speakership and with the banner of harmony and Democracy floating over them to inarch upon the strongholds of the Republican party, and never falter or rest until the enemy has been whipped to a ragged frazzle. II. J. Simmons. Corn Planting. Uorn planting was continued in this section throughout the entire of last week, and there may be a little planted this week. This is the latest season for planting we have had in years. Some of the corn was planted two and three times. Most of the corn, however, is up and loomng good, it is small, and will need plenty of rain in July and August to make a good Oats and grass are looking fine. Wheat is looking fairly good; but is thin Otis McCully of near Leonaid delivered lambs here yesterday to Mr. Steifle. Otis and Mr. Wright went from here to Macon to at tend to business. First Methodist Episcopal Church. Regular services Sunday at 11 a. m. Let all the members attend the vesper service Sunday evening at 7 o'clock on the school grounds. Make a special effort to attend the Sunday School and preaching services of the church. J. A. Westeruian. Mrs. Lou Edwards and daugh ter, Miss Emily and Miss Jessie Minor have returned to LaPlata after a ten days visit with Mrs. Chas. Tisue at Leesburg. They were guests Monday of Mesdames Luther Byrum and John Timmons Tom Willis formerly of Shelbina who is traveling with a musical team making the pleasure parks of the cities visited his brother, B. T. Willis, Monday. He went from here to St. Louis and the team will follow the circuit from there to the coast Died in Kansas City. Mrs. Elizabeth Courtney died at the home her daughter, Mrs. T. S. Farrell, in Kansas City, Kansas, June 24th, of bright's disease. She was 68 years of age and is survived by her daughter, one son, two brothers, J. D. and R E. Dale, and sister, Mrs. Ilainline. The reniai-s were interred in Kansas City. Wagons! Wagons! Buy the Best. G. B. Grissom & Co. have a number of the Clarence wagons ready to run out. These wagons are made at home and o. the best material money will buy, all thoroughly seasoned before it is put in the wagon. Hickory Axles, White Oak Hubbs; Spokes and Fellows We can refer you to men using Grissom wagons that ha . e been in use 23 years. We have put out 26 since coining to Clarence. Some of them have been out 3 years. Ask anyone who has one how he likes ic and how it runs. Uome in and see them; see how they look and how the material looks before it is painted. Every piece is open for inspection. G. B. Grissom & Co. Watch for the Automobiles. Twenty-five automobiles, contesting in the St. Louis Star trophy run, will pass through Clarence this morning The tour began in St. Louis yesterday morning and Hccording to schedule stopped over night at the Mark Twain, in Hannibal, and will lunch at Macon today. Tonight the tourists will stop at Mexico. The .hird day stop is at Warrenton and on the evvning of the third day the cars are expected to reach the starting place in St. Louis after having completed the run of 418.4 miles. Clarence people had hoped the tourists would make this city one of their stopping places and were prepared to give them a cordial welcome. When the Pathfinder came through here the men were charmed with our town and its excellent accommodations and said it was possible to do so they would stop here. We trust the next tour will ba so arranged that Clarence will have a chance to show her hospitality. In addition to the cars entered. several cars are accompanying as non contestats, including theBuick pathfinder, press and official cars. etc. A total of thirty-five cars is assured. The tourists will enter Clarence on Chestnut street, cross the .ail-road on Grand and continuing will take the north road to Macon. They will pass through here about 11 o clock, according to schedule. maybe a little earlier. Miss May Lear of near Monroe accompanied her grandmother. Mrs. Mary Howe, to Clarence last Thursday to visit Mrs. Mary Ja cobs. Miss Lear made a short visit, leaving Mrs. Howe for an extended one. Miss Jennie Mar- ley of Kansas City is also a guest of Mrs. Jacobs. Mrs. Marley will arrive in a few days to visit her mother.

Mw'SL'J f . larence Courier. VOLUHE XXX. CLARENCE, SHELBY COUNTY, MISSOURI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29. 1910 NLT1BER 12 j si I -" .'1 ' " M i- mmmm ONE FREE; peaal Ladies and Gentlemen You are Cordially Invited to Call at Felker's Hardware Store And sec the fine work done on our New Improved Eldredge Sewing Machine. This machine will be operated by an expert from the factory from 9 o'clock to 12m. and from 2 to 5 p. m, : Saturday, August 6, 1910 Don't Forget The Date He can and will do Twenty-two Kinds of Work with one Chapin Hemmer alone, and all kinds of work with all the different attachments, too numerous to mention. Don't miss it as you will learn how to take care of your own machine, how to put it in order, how to get a proper tension; and you will learn the cause of little mishaps that happen on most any machine and it will not cost you one cent. Now it doesn't matter whether you want a sewing machine or not, this is a golden opportunity for you to learn many things that you would perhaps have never known about a Sewing Machine. You will learn how to put together work of different styles without basting, which will save you Time, Worry and Money and how to finish your vork much better. SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1910 In order to introduce these machines we will give a-way Absolutely Free one machine in this manner: Beginning on Wednesday, June 22, 1910, we will give a free ticket on this machine with every cash purchase of $1.00 or money paid on account. If $5.00 it means 5 tickets and so on : : : : : : : Bring your tickets and be at our store Wednesday, August 6, 1910, at 4 p. m. as the machine will be given away on that day and you must have your tickets Don't Fail To Be On Eand That Day With Your Tickets And Present The Lucky Number A. FEL THE HARDWARE MAN Clarence, - Missouri Don't Forget the Buggy Demonstration Saturday. J FOR INSURANCE JENNIE C. FARRELL Office Phone 66 Res. Phone 154 CLARENCE, MISSOURI. The grading force for the Han nibal Northern Railroad unloaded their machinery at Palmyra first of the week. Win. Hooper has a position in the harness business at Milan, Mo. He is a good harness maker and has a good position. Miss Zula Clay took her Sunday School clsss on an outing last Thursday. They took their lunch and spent the day. Dr. and Mrs. Barry left Mon day for Masonville, Illinois, in re sponse to a telegram stating the death of Dr. Barry's father. A' girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Seeley at their home iD California last Sunday. The father is a brother to Mrs. Wm. Jacobs of our city. Henry Rigsbyof Woodlawn has filed suit for $5000 against Geo. Woods of the same township. The suit is the result of a fight which the two men engaged in on April 15, 1909. According to Rigsby's petition Woods struck him with a pitchfork, breaking both bones in his left arm and be asks for $2500 actual and $2500 exemplarydamages. Epworth League Convention. Mrs. X. M. Read and daughter, Miss Ellen, and Miss Etta Carroll, Mrs. H. J. Simmons, Perry Tay lor and Miss Mazo Cross attended the Epworth League Convention at StwVbina last Thursday. Mrs. Simmons and Miss Oarroll were on the program. There were about sixty delegates present, and the session was also a success in that the program was well pre sented, and nearly every member on the program was Dresent. The good people of Shelbina gave those attending a delightful auto ride Thursday evening. lhe othcers elected for next year were as follow: President, Rev. J. N. Boyd, Shelbina; 1st V. P, Miss Lillian Miller, Macon; 2nd V. P., Miss Nina Switzer, j Bucklin; 3rd V. P., Miss Clara Blackwell; 4 V. P., Miss Lottie Y isrtom; secretary, Miss Bee 'Al len; Treasurer, Perry Taylor, Clarence; Junior Superintendent, Miss Frances McMurry, Shelbina. (f DELAY IS Compliments Howard Combs. President Webb, who is at the head of Central College, Fayette, I Mo., spent last Thursday in Shel bina attending the League Confer ence Lentral Oo:lege is recognized as one of the leading insti tutions of learning of the state, and under the management or President Webb is making ad vancement such as it never enjoy ed before Dr. Webb in his address at the conference in speaking of t h e school and the patrons from this section paid a high compliment to Howard. Combs of our city by say ing: . Mr. Uombs or Ularence, was a member of our graduating class this year. He is one of the finest young men that has gone out from the school in years. He was a very diligent and thorough student; he always went to the bottom of things. DANGEROUS. It is indeed dangerous todelayhav-nj your eyes looked after. Ve.y frequently people suffer from headaches caused by eyes that need glasses and do not know what the eal trouble is. Examination FREE It will not cost you to all those who are thus affected one cent to find out the truth from us about your eyes. To those who know they need glasses and are neglecting this important matter, we wish to say, that it is just as danoekous to permit inexperienced people to fit them for you. i QcHTWi rr? Ice Cream Supper. There will be an ice cream sup per at trie Christian Lhurch in Maud next Saturday evening. The supper will be given by the ladies of the Christian Church. AH are invited to attend. As to the Speakership. Some of o u r gcod political friends and some or the newspa pers ov the state have very kindly started a bocm for us for Speaker They have done this without con sulting our feelings in the matter, and voluntary upon their part. We cannot, of course, but be thankful toward them for this evi dence of confidence they exhibit in our ability to preside over the House, and their confidence in our ability to win the honor. Yv e, however, at tins time are not a candidate for the Speake shin. What will develop later we do not know. the first thing to be settled is w ho is to represent Shelby County in the legislature me next two years. Should the Democracy de cide upon us, or should we be de feated, after the primary until the November election, we will be found larburing for the success ol the ticket, and not for any indi vidual preferment It ij'hoo es Democrats to cast aside every per sonal ambition and strive with all the power that can be summoned to redeem the state from Republi can extravagant rule, and help to elect a Democratis legislature so as to prevent the return of William Warner to the United States Senate. Should we be successful in the primary, or should we be defeated, we will take pleasure in first lending our feeble efforts to the success of the ticket. After the November election, if we should be honored with the nomination and election from good, old Shelby county, we will then Ice Cream Supper. The members of the M. W. A. Lodge at Lentner will give an ice cream supper at Lentner next Sat urday evening. All are cordially invited. To Celebrate the Fourth. There will be two celebrations in Shelby county this year. The good people of Leonard and Hun-newell are to celebrate. Each place is preparing for a good time with plenty of entertainment. Center Street Hethodist Church Reverend E. C. Morgan o f layette will preach on Sunday morning in trie atternoon he will nreach at Wesley Chapel Arrangements are being made to hold revival .services about the first week in October. H Horwood Johnson. Vesper Service. ! Union vesper service will be held on the public school ground Sunday evening at- o'clock. Rev V. M. liare will preach the ser mon. These services will be held eac Sunday evening during July hih! August. The members of all the church es and the jublic are ur.red to be present at these services. J. A. estennan, Sec of Ministers' Alliance. decide as to our personal interests crop ; ..u . c i. u: a-: in wo openiwrsuip nuan . We however cannot but feel kindly to our friends and the newspapers, who have so enthusiasti cally endorsed us for the position. We ask them, however, for the present to lay aside all thought of the Speakership and with the banner of harmony and Democracy floating over them to inarch upon the strongholds of the Republican party, and never falter or rest until the enemy has been whipped to a ragged frazzle. II. J. Simmons. Corn Planting. Uorn planting was continued in this section throughout the entire of last week, and there may be a little planted this week. This is the latest season for planting we have had in years. Some of the corn was planted two and three times. Most of the corn, however, is up and loomng good, it is small, and will need plenty of rain in July and August to make a good Oats and grass are looking fine. Wheat is looking fairly good; but is thin Otis McCully of near Leonaid delivered lambs here yesterday to Mr. Steifle. Otis and Mr. Wright went from here to Macon to at tend to business. First Methodist Episcopal Church. Regular services Sunday at 11 a. m. Let all the members attend the vesper service Sunday evening at 7 o'clock on the school grounds. Make a special effort to attend the Sunday School and preaching services of the church. J. A. Westeruian. Mrs. Lou Edwards and daugh ter, Miss Emily and Miss Jessie Minor have returned to LaPlata after a ten days visit with Mrs. Chas. Tisue at Leesburg. They were guests Monday of Mesdames Luther Byrum and John Timmons Tom Willis formerly of Shelbina who is traveling with a musical team making the pleasure parks of the cities visited his brother, B. T. Willis, Monday. He went from here to St. Louis and the team will follow the circuit from there to the coast Died in Kansas City. Mrs. Elizabeth Courtney died at the home her daughter, Mrs. T. S. Farrell, in Kansas City, Kansas, June 24th, of bright's disease. She was 68 years of age and is survived by her daughter, one son, two brothers, J. D. and R E. Dale, and sister, Mrs. Ilainline. The reniai-s were interred in Kansas City. Wagons! Wagons! Buy the Best. G. B. Grissom & Co. have a number of the Clarence wagons ready to run out. These wagons are made at home and o. the best material money will buy, all thoroughly seasoned before it is put in the wagon. Hickory Axles, White Oak Hubbs; Spokes and Fellows We can refer you to men using Grissom wagons that ha . e been in use 23 years. We have put out 26 since coining to Clarence. Some of them have been out 3 years. Ask anyone who has one how he likes ic and how it runs. Uome in and see them; see how they look and how the material looks before it is painted. Every piece is open for inspection. G. B. Grissom & Co. Watch for the Automobiles. Twenty-five automobiles, contesting in the St. Louis Star trophy run, will pass through Clarence this morning The tour began in St. Louis yesterday morning and Hccording to schedule stopped over night at the Mark Twain, in Hannibal, and will lunch at Macon today. Tonight the tourists will stop at Mexico. The .hird day stop is at Warrenton and on the evvning of the third day the cars are expected to reach the starting place in St. Louis after having completed the run of 418.4 miles. Clarence people had hoped the tourists would make this city one of their stopping places and were prepared to give them a cordial welcome. When the Pathfinder came through here the men were charmed with our town and its excellent accommodations and said it was possible to do so they would stop here. We trust the next tour will ba so arranged that Clarence will have a chance to show her hospitality. In addition to the cars entered. several cars are accompanying as non contestats, including theBuick pathfinder, press and official cars. etc. A total of thirty-five cars is assured. The tourists will enter Clarence on Chestnut street, cross the .ail-road on Grand and continuing will take the north road to Macon. They will pass through here about 11 o clock, according to schedule. maybe a little earlier. Miss May Lear of near Monroe accompanied her grandmother. Mrs. Mary Howe, to Clarence last Thursday to visit Mrs. Mary Ja cobs. Miss Lear made a short visit, leaving Mrs. Howe for an extended one. Miss Jennie Mar- ley of Kansas City is also a guest of Mrs. Jacobs. Mrs. Marley will arrive in a few days to visit her mother.